| Litigants: | Edmond v. United States |
| Arguedate: | February 24 |
| Argueyear: | 1997 |
| Decidedate: | May 19 |
| Decideyear: | 1997 |
| Fullname: | Jon E. Edmond v. United States |
| Usvol: | 520 |
| Uspage: | 651 |
| Docket: | 96-262 |
| Parallelcitations: | 117 S. Ct. 1573; 137 L. Ed. 2d 917 |
| Holding: | Inferior officers are those who are supervised and directed by principal officers, that is, those officers appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. |
| Majority: | Scalia |
| Joinmajority: | Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (Parts I and II) |
| Concurrence: | Souter (in part) |
| Lawsapplied: | U.S. Const., Art. II, ยง2, cl. 2 |
Edmond v. United States, 520 U.S. 651 (1997), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States on the status of members of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals under the Appointments Clause.[1]